Humanists UK and My Death, My Decision (MDMD) will be holding a rally on Parliament Square on 29 April at 15:30 to show their support for assisted dying legislation for the terminally ill and the incurably suffering. On Monday the House of Commons will be holding a Westminster Hall debate on assisted dying after an… Read more »
BASC has welcomed Defra’s announcement that the new General Licence (GL45), which governs the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges on and around certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs), is currently being reviewed. The current licence conditions are based on a medium level of risk of the occurrence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in wild… Read more »
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By Jonathan Moore “Pervasive and routine” surveillance and collection of information is undermining the public’s right to privacy, a Lords committee reported today. It argued the national DNA database (NDNAD) potentially infringed on civil liberties and could in the future be used for malign purposes. Pointing to the fact the UK now has over four… Read more »
by Ian Dunt The public overwhelmingly perceive Labour peers to be more corrupt than their Tory or Lib Dem counterparts, according to a politics.co.uk poll released today. Asked which type of Lord is more corrupt, 69 per cent of respondents said Labour, while only eight per cent answered Conservative. Twenty-three per cent ticked ‘all of… Read more »
